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MSN/MBA Dual Degree
Online, Hybrid or Classroom

The Nurse Executive MSN/MBA Dual Degree program prepares graduates for employment in executive leadership positions throughout healthcare systems and organizations.

The business focus of this program will give you the knowledge and skills required of nurse leaders in administration, management, and health policy roles. At the same time, you'll gain nursing sciences expertise in both scientific and practice disciplines.

The ultimate synthesis of these two will prepare you to assume an executive management role and positively impact the relationships between management, service providers, and health systems. Students complete administrative practicum and capstone courses that serve to combine the nursing and business curricula.

Christian moral and ethical principles serve as the guide for communication, collaboration, and decision making as a Nurse Executive.

MSN/MBA graduates are eligible to take the Advanced Nurse Administrator certification examination offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Full-time or part-time class schedules

Full-time students can complete the program in three calendar years

Part-time students can complete the program in five calendar years

Online, hybrid and in-class courses

Complete all courses completely online or in hybrid format

Clinical Placements coordinated by the University

Student placements are arranged by the Clinical Liaison and Clinical Faculty in nationally-ranked clinical facilities throughout the Lehigh Valley and beyond

The Nurse Executive MSN/MBA Dual Degree program (MSN/MBA) prepares graduates for employment in executive leadership positions throughout health systems and organizations. Graduates possess sophisticated knowledge of business theory and business skills required to plan, organize, direct, and evaluate health services. The business focus of this curriculum assists in the development of knowledge and skills required of nurse leaders in administration, management, and health policy roles. The concurrent development of an expertise in the nursing sciences allows the individual to develop a theoretical understanding of nursing as both a scientific and practice discipline. The ultimate synthesis of these knowledge bases will produce a graduate who can not only assume an executive management role but also can impact the relationships between management, service providers, and health systems. Christian moral and ethical principles serve as the guide for communication, collaboration, and decision making as a Nurse Executive.

Students complete administrative practicum and capstone courses that serve to synthesize the nursing and business curricula. Upon graduation, MSN/MBA graduates are eligible to take the Nurse Executive-Advanced Certification Examination offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).